Need help with Wii Flow and hdd setup

Ok i have my wii setup bye a friend its has wii flow starnight, homebrew all is ready to go.I hooked up a new Wd passport hdd used WBfS manger formatted it added a game. i tried to dowlaod the covers and nothing it connects but doesn't find them. So i hook up the drive back to the pc and try to add the covers manually cant access the drive! Sas windows doesnt recognize the files on the drive. Can someone help me please.

Well i had my friends wii and hdd for a wile know. All i had to do wen i wanted a game added was to download it threw wbfs manager . And once i pulled it up on wii flow i clicked on download covers it connected to the server and everything was ago. I noticed on his hdd there was a wii flow folder titled Wiiflow.. I just wana set up my drive the same way his is setup any tips at all on how to set that up? do i partition? do i install will flow on my hdd even thought its already present on the wii? i currently have the WD my passport ready in hand someone please help this noob out... also i have no plans on using an sd card never had to use it before with his setup

what's ur games ? not ALL gamecovers/discimages are available for download at the moment.
run WiiFlow and proceed an online gameCover/Title download (ie. select Missing) is simply the best way for newbies. if download failed, repeat.
if u're using WiiFlow as a forwarder (Not channel), make sure u've SD card and the right folder in the right path for downloads.
u have no plans on using an sd card, that means u're going to use WiiFlow as a CHANNEL. pls visit and readme file for proper setup. u need to hv a FAT partition for the COVERs, simply speaking.

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Well i tried Mario galaxy on "his" Usb hardrive downloaded the covers no problems. i tried it on my usb hdd and did not find them. Also his drive did promp if i wana format i obviously skipped that . It did give me the option of opening an viewing the files on the drive. i found one folder with different sub folders titled "wiiflow" and there were other folders for covers themes and a folder with all his games in it ect.. I copied that whole folder to my pc, can i use that folder maybe copy it to my hdd? And if i cant how do i get that folder on my hdd. I basically wana know how to use my hdd the way i used his. And were is this read me file? Is this gona show me how to set up my usb hdd for use with Wiiflow? I basically need "the dummies guide on how to get a usb hdd working properly with wiiflow channel and homebrew already preloaded on my wii" please any help would be appreciated.

the wii flow folder you are talking about can be put on the root of the sd card or if you have a fat32 partition on you hdd then you can oput it there and direct wii flow to it by changing the settings.

Also for covers that you cant download you can go here to get them and add them to the folder on the sd or hdd

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So i first have to partition the hardrive, then in the partition put the wii folder that i have on my pc that was copied from my friends wii right? is there a guide on how to get my usb hardrive partitioned to work with wiiflow ? Thanks for all the help guys im almost there...

So i first have to partition the hardrive, then in the partition put the wii folder that i have on my pc that was copied from my friends wii right? is there a guide on how to get my usb hardrive partitioned to work with wiiflow ? Thanks for all the help guys im almost there...

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Ok know do i have to partition the hdd or can i just simply copy the wiiflow folder on my new hdd? Wen i hook up the hdd and open up wbfs manger do i formate the drive to wbfs and then add the folder? I see the faq but it seems to only mention usb loader gx i dont have that. Is there a faq on just wiflwo hdd setup and steps on how to do it or can somone maybe post something here...